Museum of Contemporary Art News

Gusmano Cesaretti's East LA Diary exhibition will show June 14 - July 13, 2012 at Anna Kustera Gallery, with an opening reception set for Thursday, June 14, 6-8pm.

Elevator Repair Service announced that London International Festival of Theatre (LIFT) is set to present GATZ tonight, June 8 through July 15, 2012.

Gavin Brown's enterprise just announced that acclaimed Los Angeles-based artist Laura Owens will present a major new installation work at Art Unlimited at Art Basel 2012.

Luna Negra Dance Theater and the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Chicago, launch a new initiative this summer called Luna Nueva.

Chicago's Millennium Park's summer concerts continue with the all-new series, Loops and Variations, a mix of new music and electronica. The series of six free concerts will take place on select Thursday evenings tonight, June 7 through July 12 and Sunday, August 26, 2012. Start times vary.

From Wednesday, July 11 through Saturday, July 28, MASS MoCA (the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams, MA) explodes with the sounds of the 11th Annual Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at MASS MoCA, part of Bang on a Can's 25th birthday year. The Festival is dedicated entirely to today's most exciting, fresh, and innovative new music and includes public performances, recitals, and lectures.

Chicago Opera Theater's (COT) Opera For All, an education program that brings opera to the 4th, 5th, and 6th graders of three Chicago Public Schools - Dewitt Clinton Elementary, Lionel Hampton Fine & Performing Arts School, and Reilly Elementary - is finishing its 12th year with three fun operas written and performed by the students themselves!

The Wexner Center has announced the 2012-13 Artist Residency Awards recipients: in visual arts, painter Charline von Heyl; in film, Matt Porterfield; and in performing arts, two ensemble groups-Bebe Miller Company and Palissimo, both dance theater companies. Check out a video about the residency program here.

Paul Zaloom's White Like Me: A Hunky Dory Puppet Show plays an exclusive engagement beginning tonight, May 25th for six performances only at Dixon Place, 161A Chrystie Street (between Delancey & Rivington), New York City, 10002.

Andrea Rosen Gallery today announced the representation of the artist Ryan Trecartin.

This is Just to Say: Live Art II, produced and directed by composer Inhyun Kim, features works by Ms. Kim, as well as composers Judith Ring, Nomi Epstein, and Sonia Megias, and performances by soprano Megan Schubert and pianist David Kalhous. This interdisciplinary concert, which also features work by Naho Taruishi, video artist and dancers/choreographers Coco Karol and Luke Gutgsell, takes place at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia theater at Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway, New York City on Saturday, June 16th, 2012 at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $20; Members; Students, Seniors $10; Children are free. For more information, call (212) 864-5400 or visit www.symphonyspace.org.

Firecat Projects and 16th Street Theater present Nickel History: The Nation of Heat, written and performed by Tony Fitzpatrick with Stan Klein July 19-August 5 in Steppenwolf's Garage Theatre, 1624 N. Halsted with a press opening of Thursday, July 19 at 8 p.m. Adapted and directed by 16th Street artistic director Ann Filmer, Nickel History features film and video art by Kristin Reeves, music by John Rice and Anna Fermin. Singer-songwriter Joe Pug is a guest performer on opening night.

Chicago Opera Theater's (COT) Opera For All, an education program that brings opera to the 4th, 5th, and 6th graders of three Chicago Public Schools - Dewitt Clinton Elementary, Lionel Hampton Fine & Performing Arts School, and Reilly Elementary - is finishing its 12th year with three fun operas written and performed by the students themselves!

CYNTHIA-REEVES today announced participation in the upcoming artMRKT San Francisco Fair at the Concourse Exhibition Center, 620 7th Street at Brannan, San Francisco, California, May 17 - 20, 2012. (Booth #313).

The William V. Musto Cultural Center presents the Opening Gala of Frank Guiller and Juan-Si Gonzalez art exhibit In Transit: Parallel Time with a special musical presentation of 'Haunted" The Show, tonight, May 17, 2012 at 7:00 PM at the William V. Musto Cultural Center, 420 - 15th Street in Union City. Refreshments will be served and admission is free.

Jonah Bokaer, who has been making artistic waves on the international dance circuit since he began choreographing almost ten years ago, will be seen both close-up and afar in these coming months: outdoors at the Avignon Festival in France (July 20-22, 24-26) and indoors at the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in Becket, MA (August 1-5) when he and Bolshoi Ballet star David Hallberg perform together in the world premiere of Bokaer's "CURTAIN."

The world-renowned Russian ballet company, Bolshoi Ballet, marks its return to Toronto with SWAN LAKE, a production that celebrated its world premiere by the same company on March 4, 1877.

Williamstown Theatre Festival Artistic Director Jenny Gersten has announced additional casting for the 2012 Summer Season. A host of Williamstown Theatre Fesival veterans and talented newcomers including Becky Ann Baker, Marylouise Burke, Tyne Daly, Brandon Victor Dixon, Alison Fraser, Heather Lind, Amy Spanger, Jeremy Strong, Lili Taylor and many more, will take the stage during the Festival's 58th Season.

Luna Negra Dance Theater and the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Chicago, launch a new initiative this summer called Luna Nueva.

The Chicago Dancing Festival, co-produced by internationally renowned choreographer and Chicago native Lar Lubovitch and highly esteemed Chicago dancer Jay Franke, today announced the program for its sixth season of free dance performances and events, set to take place August 20-25, 2012.